Some of you know what's the story with Eduardo immigration case. For those of you that don't here's what happened. My husband arrived in Chicago (illegally) sometime in the early 90's. During which time he didn't live a good moral life. Others have said he was being young and stupid. So in the end he has a criminal past and associated with the wrong crowd which has haunted him until this very day.
When I met Eduardo back in August 1998 we met at a church sponsored youth camp. He was an aspiring minister and on the path to becoming a pastor. We married the following year and I, like so many others, thought that by marrying a US citizen getting his papers would be a cinch! It was not so. We consulted with an immigration attorney here in Chicago and she found out that Eduardo had an order of deportation on him. When he first arrived in Chicago his mother started the paperwork for him to get legalized but again being young and stupid he never followed through with his appointments.
During one of his arrests he was told he had to appear in immigration court and he would receive the notice in the mail. Eduardo moved around a lot during that time and never got the notice. By failing to appear in court he received the deportation order. So we tried to appeal. Our argument was that he never received the noticed. We fought for almost 3 years and in the end we lost.
He had to comply with the deportation order and he leave the country on January 10, 2004. So we filed new paperwork and we waited for him to receive his interview appointment in Cuidad Juarez. After three denials from the US Consulate in Mexico, 5 1/2 years of living separately and close to $20,000 in immigration and attorney fees, we've chosen to be a family.
Aaron and I will be moving to Mexico in two weeks.
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